Introducing The Three Princes,
Three Princesses Movement
The Three Princes, Three Princesses Foundation is a widely recognized family-supporting organization in Hungary, which was established by professor Maria Kopp in 2009. The name is a reference to fairy tales, where the heroes are often third-born princes or princesses. The aim of the Foundation is to support young adults in accomplishing their dreams of having children. The organisation pays special attention to changing attitudes, to community building, to professional and scientific activities and to supporting decision makers.
10 AREAS TO IMPROVE ON, SO THAT PLANNED CHILDREN CAN BE BORN:
- work-life balance,
- discrimination against parents at the workplace,
- lack of support from communities,
- unstable relationships,
- insufficient number of childcare facilities
- financial struggles,
- values promoted by the media,
- difficulties in finding the right partner,
- infertility,
- negative birth experiences.
Socialisation
What we are known for
Our awards and competitions:
- Kopp-Skrabski Award
- The Family-friendly Company of the Year -Award
- Family-friendly Hospital -Award and Family-friendly Hospital Department -Title
Our community-buliding programmes
- Five-party statement „Declaration of Support Families and Birth” that planned children should be born
- Desire for - nationwide interactive road show on fertility (2018)
- ‚Newborn’ Flag Movement
- Wandering Cradle Movement
- Family-friendly Place Movement
- Professional Conferences at Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Family and Career?- lectures for young adults
- Family day - events
- Raise as many children as possible 2018! World Record
Professional groups:
- Balance programme: supporter of the Family-friendly Company of the Year Award and Gala and Family-friendly Hospital -Award
- BALANCE COMMUNITY: Good-practise workshops for family-friendly companies, meetups, professional meetings Thematic website for work-life balance
- BALANCE INSTITUTE (social enterprise): national research on part-time work (2016) Market services for family-friendly companies
- Programme for Dads – cooperation of mental health professionals
- Family-friendly Higher Education Programme
- National research among young people about Family and Career (2017)
- Matchmaking and relationship programmes
Our publications:
- Booklet for Dads I-II, Booklet for Grandparents
- Kopp-Skrabski, A boldogságkeresés útjai (2016)
The petition of the Three Princes, Three Princesses has started
In Hungarian families, less children are born than wished for. The Three Princes, Three Princesses Movement initiated collecting signatures for the birth of the children their parents wish for.
Manifesto for the children to be born
I support the idea that everyone has the right to have a family and everyone might have as many children as they want.
I support my friends, my relatives and people around me in their strive to have children and encourage them to live in a happy marriage, as well as to bring up their children in love.
Whether as a colleague or a manager, I responsibly support the families in reaching their aims, so as the parents have enough time for their children and have a well-balanced private life.
I look out for those whom I can help with words of encouragement, deeds, or even with material things.
I facilitate creating strong communities where everyone can feel that they can rely on each other.
I join the manifesto of the Three Princes, Three Princesses Foundation with pleasure to contribute to the birth of the children their parents wish for.